20 December 1978 Drama, TV Movie 100 mins
A touching dramatization of a short chapter of American history, tracing the life of the last Yahi Indian from his childhood to his death in 1917 and the story of his friendship with an anthropologist after his discovery in northern California in 1911.
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Dennis Weaver as Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Eloy Casados as Ishi as an Adult
Devon Ericson as Lushi as a Teenager
Joaquín Martínez as Grandfather
Geno Silva as Elder Uncle
Joseph Runningfox as Ishi as a Teenager
Lois Red Elk as Grandmother
Gregory Cruz as Timawi as a Teenager
Arliene Nofchissey Williams as Mother
Michael Medina as Ishi as a Boy
Patricia Ganera as Lushi as a Girl
Eddie Marquez as Timawi as a Boy
Dennis Dimster as Tad Fuller
Wayne Heffley as Sheriff Lockhart
Peter Brandon as Dr. Robbins
Missy Gold as Little Girl
Theodora Kroeber Quinn Novel
Dalton Trumbo Writer
Robert Ellis Miller Director
Christopher Trumbo Writer
Edward Lewis Executive Producer
Mildred Lewis Executive Producer
Vicki Niemi Producer
James F. Sommers Producer
Maurice Jarre Music
Woody Omens Director of Photography
Argyle Nelson Jr. Editor
Harold Wilner Editor
Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Mort Rabinowitz Production Design
Maurice Jarre Original Music Composer
United States 20 December 1978
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A more oral-historically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe ...
A more oral-historically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe ...
A more oral-historically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe ...
A more ethnographically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe ...
A more ethnographically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe ...
A more ethnographically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe ...
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